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DAN004
Since: Aug, 2010
22nd Mar, 2016 08:25:09 PM
Well, "group with distinct personalities and quirks" are so, so common by its own. Perhaps try Ragtag Bunch of Misfits or Dysfunction Junction?
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jormis29
Since: Mar, 2012
23rd Mar, 2016 04:03:45 AM
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This is a pretty common trope in comics, but can apply to anything with superheroes. It's basically what happens when you gather several superheroes together and the only other way to tell them apart aside from their superpowers was their personalities, so a certain aspect of them gets exaggerated when they're in a group.
Compare the shows Superfriends to Justice League. Superfriends was pretty bad about this since all the members had the same personality with different tights, but when you look later in Justice League you'll notice that there's a lot of different personalities that contrast well with each other. Flash tends to be a lot cockier and reckless with the League than when he's solo. Batman tends to seem gloomier and darker when compared to the League, etc.